Welcome to Lines, Dots, and Doodles. This is the place for students, parents, and teachers to find out what has been going on in my art class. I have included pictures of my student's artwork and basic explanations of the projects. I hope when you leave this blog, you feel inspired to create. Feel free to browse this blog and borrow any of my art lessons.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Bottle Caps Everywhere

Today was the first day of my bottle cap mural project. Today I did this project with two 5th Grade classes. For the past few months, I have had my students collecting bottle caps. Several wonderful fifth graders volunteered to help me sort them by color. Yesterday, I drew the design and created this key. We did this project in color by number format.Originally I planned to do this project on wood using screws, as I have seen done on many sites. However after looking into the price of screws and wood, I decided to use things I already had. We created this mural on foam core and adhered the caps using hot glue. It's hard to see in this photo, but this mural was divided into 6 pieces, one for each table. Each table had one glue gun, and we rotated to insure everyone had a chance to glue. This worked well because everyone was able to help with the mural.I was quite surprised how quickly we finished this mural. I had two fifth grade classes today, each an hour long, and we finished this entire mural in one day. There are still three more fifth grade classes, so it looks like I will have to have create one more mural, so that everyone has a chance to do this project.I haven't quite figured out how to hang this mural yet. Since it is on foam core and not wood, I am not sure the best way to adhere it to the wall. If you have any suggestions, I would love to hear them.

I have been collecting bottle caps all year and hope to do a project with my students NEXT year. I love your creativity. Did you draw it out first and mark each area with a color code? Very, very nice!

I am new to the blogosphere and am TOTALLY amazed by this project! All of the art elements,sculpture,cooperative learning,large scale projects, I could go on and on.You are an inspiration to all art teachers everywhere. Keep up the great work!

It looks great! Amazing how one cap is just one cap, but when you add many caps of many colors, its a work of art!

If you go to you hardware store they have furring strips. ( think long pieces of wood. You could make a frame on the opposite side and attach with heavy duty glue, then add your hardware/or wire to it to hang.Hope that helps as a suggestion!

About Me

I am an elementary art teacher in Maryland.
I truly believe I have the best job in the world because I spend every day teaching and creating art. Some of these lessons are mine, but some are borrowed from other blogs or websites. I get ideas from everywhere.